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Harry Bidney – Searchlight’s Pervert Hero
Gable met Bidney when both were involved with the '62 Group. After his death, Bidney was described by Gable in Searchlight’s pages as a "hero". So who was this hero to who Gable looks up as a role model? In 1977 Bidney was found guilty of eight charges of living off the earnings of prostitutes. In court, Bidney was described as the company secretary of Calderhead Investments, which was headed by David Calderhead, who was jailed for, on his own admission, attempting to procure a 16-year-old boy to commit an act of gross indecency with the predatory homosexual Harry Bidney. In the March 1997 edition of Searchlight Gerry Gable wrote of his joy at having a 60th birthday surprise party sprung on him by his fellow Searchlight comrades. He
listed pimp Harry Bidney as one of just eight "old and dear
friends" that had "passed on". But "The evening did not
pass without fond memories of you all". |